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there was word that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be treasury secretary. while labor secretary hilda solis announced today she plans to resign and insurance giant a.i.g. decided not to join a shareholder lawsuit against the federal government, which gave the company the largest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis. and we have another health story online about how the u.s. ranks in terms of life expectancy. ari sreenivasan has mor >> sreenivasan: the u.s. spends more on health care per person compared to other high-income nations, but that doesn't translate to healthier lives, according to a report from the national academy of sciences. read more about the findings on our health page. and poet richard blanco has been chosen to compose and read an original poem for president obama's second inaugural. he is the first hispanic and first gay poet selected for that honor. you can hear him recite some of his work on art beat. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll examine
there was word that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be treasury secretary. while labor secretary hilda solis announced today she plans to resign and insurance giant a.i.g. decided not to join a shareholder lawsuit against the federal government, which gave the company the largest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis. and we have another health story online about how the u.s. ranks in terms of life expectancy. ari sreenivasan has mor >> sreenivasan: the u.s....
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i have the greatest respect for jack lew. i know he is main of exceptional judgment, calm under pressure with an extraordinary record of accomplishment and experience. over decades spent at the center of american economic policy. he is committed to defending the safety net for the elderly and the poor. he understands what it takes to create the conditions for stronger economic growth and broader economic opportunity. he understands that to govern responsibly is to govern with a recognition that we have limited fiscal resources. like jack, have i spent my professional life in this world of public policy and public service, and as all of you know, our families carry a large share of the burdens we assume in public life. i feel incredibly fortunate that my wife, carol, and my family have been willing to allow me to do this. i thank them for their support and their patience and i understand their occasional impatience. [ laughter ] >> i want to express my admiration and my appreciation for the women and the men of the treasury de
i have the greatest respect for jack lew. i know he is main of exceptional judgment, calm under pressure with an extraordinary record of accomplishment and experience. over decades spent at the center of american economic policy. he is committed to defending the safety net for the elderly and the poor. he understands what it takes to create the conditions for stronger economic growth and broader economic opportunity. he understands that to govern responsibly is to govern with a recognition that...
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jack lew, the current white house chief of staff. the nomination not without controversy, as most are not these days. mr. lew's reputation truly precedes him in this case. some in the senate as seeing him overly rigid -- the senate and the house on capitol hill see him overly rigid. wyoming senator john bros. sew is chairman of the foreign policy committee. nice to have you back on the program. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: i was looking at a report from bob woodward, speaker boehner apparently told woodward that he asked the president to keep jack lew at the white house, to not send him to capitol hill because he was tired of hearing the word "no" so many times. what's your reaction to this nomination if. >> well, jack lew is very partisan, and he's very political. but the fundamental problem, jenna, are are the president's policies and the president's addiction to spending. to me, that's the bigger issue. wewe are $16 trillion in debt, t is the greatest threat to our national security, and yet jack lew and the president think that sp
jack lew, the current white house chief of staff. the nomination not without controversy, as most are not these days. mr. lew's reputation truly precedes him in this case. some in the senate as seeing him overly rigid -- the senate and the house on capitol hill see him overly rigid. wyoming senator john bros. sew is chairman of the foreign policy committee. nice to have you back on the program. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: i was looking at a report from bob woodward, speaker boehner...
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we talked about jack lew. i can not. we have to go for this. take a look at the signature that will be on the new dollar bill, new treasury secretary's signature. do we have it? ashley: there it is. look at that. >> you know. ashley: oh, boy. >> she just said it all. the other thing i was going to say, alexander hamilton has to be rolling in his grave with that signature. ashley: look at that. lori: loop de loop. >> ever seen my hand writing? better than that what. ashley: charlie gasparino, as always thanks so much, charlie. high taxes are forcing high-tech company to hoard billions of dollars overseas, investments that could be used here in the u.s. liz macdonald is digging into the numbers and joins us ahead. lori: damage gets galore -- gadgets galore at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. liz is on it. >> shibani and i are going at. these are the first small electric vehicle motorized skates. they are wireless. 700 bucks. she is doing great. not going 10 miles-an-hour but not bad. gadget wars coming up. ashley: top electronic compan
we talked about jack lew. i can not. we have to go for this. take a look at the signature that will be on the new dollar bill, new treasury secretary's signature. do we have it? ashley: there it is. look at that. >> you know. ashley: oh, boy. >> she just said it all. the other thing i was going to say, alexander hamilton has to be rolling in his grave with that signature. ashley: look at that. lori: loop de loop. >> ever seen my hand writing? better than that what. ashley:...
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are you saying that -- or would you say that rob nabors, gene sperling, jack lew, whoever replaces jack lew -- none of these people will now go to the hill to talk debt ceiling? are you saying that biden will not meet with mcconnell to talk debt ceiling? are you saying that the president will not invite leaders from both chambers of congress to the white house to talk debt ceiling? >> yes. we will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. as the president said, he has demonstrated repeatedly that he is willing to compromise when it comes to moving forward with deficit reduction. we obviously because of the sequester and the cr and other issues have economic, budgetary, and fiscal challenges that we need to confront, and that requires discussion and negotiation with congress. but he will not negotiate over the fundamental responsibility that only congress has to raise the debt ceiling. and if that is a responsibility that is just too onerous for them to bear, they should pass it off to the president as they did previously. he will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. this is n
are you saying that -- or would you say that rob nabors, gene sperling, jack lew, whoever replaces jack lew -- none of these people will now go to the hill to talk debt ceiling? are you saying that biden will not meet with mcconnell to talk debt ceiling? are you saying that the president will not invite leaders from both chambers of congress to the white house to talk debt ceiling? >> yes. we will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. as the president said, he has demonstrated...
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he is jack lew now chief of staff. he's got one thing in common with the president's last three nominees namely john kerry chuck hagel and john brennan all three are white males. does president obama have a diversity problem or people just being too hard on him again. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more. but first, she's got the latest, today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. the white house is gearing up for a fight with the nra in the midst of meetings from obama's new gun violence task force. cnn is reporting that the nra is prepping a hard-hitting ad campaign mounting opposition to possible new restrictions. nra president david keen says the group is mobilizing for a fight and will engage its members. now the white house's plan is to outorganize the nra. president obama is rallying groups of churches, medical organizations and retailers all to build support for new gun regulations. >>> the joe biden-led task force is set to deliver
he is jack lew now chief of staff. he's got one thing in common with the president's last three nominees namely john kerry chuck hagel and john brennan all three are white males. does president obama have a diversity problem or people just being too hard on him again. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more. but first, she's got the latest, today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. the white house is gearing up...
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jack lew is going to the treasury. for those of you who can make out his signature here, that's jack lew's signature. it looks sort of like a drunk caterpillar there. that will be on your flat money. it looks just like this. jack lew's signature. like a shock test if you look at it the right way. that's one nomination. other nominations that we've had here recently. we wanted to talk to juana summers about. let's start with john brennan. john brennan to the c.i.a. how are republicans going to take this? because we've already seen some opposition to him. >> as expected, a lot aren't taking it very well. they say he still has questions to answer about harsh interrogation tactics from the bush era. he hasn't answered that. lindsey graham the other night speaking on fox news that suggested he wants to put a hold on brennan's nomination. use that as leverage so he can get the answers that he and his republican colleagues, kelly ayotte, john mccain have been pushing for from clinton from the obama administration and the atta
jack lew is going to the treasury. for those of you who can make out his signature here, that's jack lew's signature. it looks sort of like a drunk caterpillar there. that will be on your flat money. it looks just like this. jack lew's signature. like a shock test if you look at it the right way. that's one nomination. other nominations that we've had here recently. we wanted to talk to juana summers about. let's start with john brennan. john brennan to the c.i.a. how are republicans going to...
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now the biggest question of jack lew and his signature is what is it. coming to a dollar bill near you, this parity of a signature. it belongs to president obama's nominee for secretary of treasury, the agency responsible for printing the greenbacks which carries lew's signature. it's been called a slinky that has lost its spring. can you even describe this warped row of curly qs as a signature? >> it's a scribble. they don't want people to know who they are. >> reporter: washington knows w who lew is. the most clammest of president obama's chiefs of staff. lew's in line to replace tim geithner. geithner had signature problems too. previous secretaries penned readable if not memorable signatures. geithner told public radio last week india is to blame. >> i took hand riting in india. i probably didn't get the best instruction. >> even if he did, he doesn't know where to begin. >> he has a symbolic strange signature. if he caressing legacy, he'll adjust his signature so that it's less transparent. >> now, for those of you who are wondering, my signature h
now the biggest question of jack lew and his signature is what is it. coming to a dollar bill near you, this parity of a signature. it belongs to president obama's nominee for secretary of treasury, the agency responsible for printing the greenbacks which carries lew's signature. it's been called a slinky that has lost its spring. can you even describe this warped row of curly qs as a signature? >> it's a scribble. they don't want people to know who they are. >> reporter: washington...
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jack lew is reportedly the current's -- could be his nominee. he's currently the chief of staff, also a former budget director, as well. insiders say he's the best person to take on the many looming battles with congress that are coming up, including the battles over the debt ceiling and those pending budget cuts. if confirmed, you'll be seeing a lot more of this. that is jack lew's looping signature on every new green back that is printed. it's been described as a slinky that lost its spring. lew says he'll make his name more legible if he does get the job. >>> and vice president joe biden meets with the nra today as the debate over gun violence intensifies. it could be a tough sell since the group already says it opposes any new restrictions. among those speaking out is new york's governor. andrew cuomo is urging lawmakers in his state to close loopholes on the state's assault weapons ban. >> this is not taking away people's guns. i own a gun. i own a remington shotgun. i've hunted. i've shot. that's not what this is about. it is about ending
jack lew is reportedly the current's -- could be his nominee. he's currently the chief of staff, also a former budget director, as well. insiders say he's the best person to take on the many looming battles with congress that are coming up, including the battles over the debt ceiling and those pending budget cuts. if confirmed, you'll be seeing a lot more of this. that is jack lew's looping signature on every new green back that is printed. it's been described as a slinky that lost its spring....
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there was word that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be treasury secretary. while labor secretary hilda solis announced today she plans to resign and insurance giant a.i.g. decided not to join a shareholder lawsuit against the federal government, which gave the company the largest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis. and we have another health story online about how the u.s. ranks in terms of life expectancy. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. spends more on health care per person compared to other high-income nations, but that doesn't translate to healthier lives, according to a report from the national academy of sciences. read more about the findings on our health page. and poet richard blanco has been chosen to compose and read an original poem for president obama's second inaugural. he is the first hispanic and first gay poet selected for that honor. you can hear him recite some of his work on art beat. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll exami
there was word that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be treasury secretary. while labor secretary hilda solis announced today she plans to resign and insurance giant a.i.g. decided not to join a shareholder lawsuit against the federal government, which gave the company the largest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis. and we have another health story online about how the u.s. ranks in terms of life expectancy. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: the...
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i believe in the end jack lew will get confirmed. but i'll tell you this, the reason the white house put off the announcement of jack lew until tomorrow is because of the fiscal cliff. they didn't want it to get involved in the negotiations for the fiscal cliff. they felt that they already had a fight on their hands. they didn't want to add any fuel to the fire on that, which is why they've held off of the nomination until this week. they do expect him to get confirmed and so do i. >> john kerry, secretary of state. we've got a lot of white males, shall we say, chuck hagel, we have pictures up there. jack lew, eric holder is over at the justice department. he's not a white male. he's an african-american. but no women. >> men. men. >> i want to put up another picture of the seen yr staff, if you will. there you you he sue the staff. there's been mur muring that there's not enough women part of this white house, the inner circle. what are folks saying about that? >> the visual you just showed with the four cabinet members being men, th
i believe in the end jack lew will get confirmed. but i'll tell you this, the reason the white house put off the announcement of jack lew until tomorrow is because of the fiscal cliff. they didn't want it to get involved in the negotiations for the fiscal cliff. they felt that they already had a fight on their hands. they didn't want to add any fuel to the fire on that, which is why they've held off of the nomination until this week. they do expect him to get confirmed and so do i. >>...
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the white house announced that jack lew will be nominated as the next treasury secretary. the president will make the official announcement at 1:30 this afternoon in the east room of the white house. 57-year-old lew served as budget director and chief of chief of staff under two administrations. according to "the new york daily news," if the con virmz is confirmed by lawmakers, he'll be the first graduate of new york public schools to be the top officer. secretary of state geithner is also expected at the announcement. at the live desk, news4. >>> president obama still has cabinet holes to fill, as well. labor secretary hilda solis submitted her resignation yesterday. she says she decided not to return after talking with her family and close friends. president obama calls her a tireless champion for working families. >>> gun rights advocates will make their vases heard this morning in a -- voices heard this morning in a meeting with joe biden's gun-control task force. the nra, other gun-control groups, and sportsmen head to the white house today. walmart, the largest gun r
the white house announced that jack lew will be nominated as the next treasury secretary. the president will make the official announcement at 1:30 this afternoon in the east room of the white house. 57-year-old lew served as budget director and chief of chief of staff under two administrations. according to "the new york daily news," if the con virmz is confirmed by lawmakers, he'll be the first graduate of new york public schools to be the top officer. secretary of state geithner is...
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the nominee, what house chief of staff jack lew. if confirmed by the senate, he would replace tim geithner. some complain that he is too unyielding in past fiscal negotiations, specifically alabama senator jeff sessions. he says, "jack lew must never be treasury secretary." adding, "any loan disqualifies." senator sessions is not saying yet whether he will filibuster the nomination. president obama will make the announcement at 1:30 p.m. eastern time, and you can hear it live on c-span radio or watch on c-span. meanwhile, labor secretary bill the sully's is resigning, saying she returns -- labor secretary hilda solis is resigning. responding to the news, president obama called her a tireless champion for working families. the white house says that attorney general eric holder, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, and -- will remain at their posts. a new rule on mortgages. the aim is to return -- for the first time, federal regulators are laying out rules to ensure mar words can afford to pay the cost of the mortgag
the nominee, what house chief of staff jack lew. if confirmed by the senate, he would replace tim geithner. some complain that he is too unyielding in past fiscal negotiations, specifically alabama senator jeff sessions. he says, "jack lew must never be treasury secretary." adding, "any loan disqualifies." senator sessions is not saying yet whether he will filibuster the nomination. president obama will make the announcement at 1:30 p.m. eastern time, and you can hear it...
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today, he announces his in tent to nominate jack lew for treasury secretary to replace geithner. and secretary hilda solis is resigning, the first latino to run a major u.s. federal agency. >>> and trying to find out what caused a crowded high speed commuter ferry to crash into a dock wednesday in lower manhattan. about 70 people were injured in the accident. it recently got new engines and a new propulsion system but investigators don't know if an overhaul was a factor in the crash. >>> banning risky mortgages and restrict teaser rates that go upward and cap a percentage of a borrower's income that could go towards loan payments and will take effect next year. >>> oscar nominations, nominated for best picture, beasts of the southern wild. "silver linings playbook," "zero dark 30," "lincoln," "les miserables," "life of pi," "amour," "django unchained" and "argo." "lincoln" leading the pack with the most nominations with 12. the oscars will be awarded february 24th. >>> some incredible online video of the ultimate moonwalk. video of a man walking on a tightrope in front of the moo
today, he announces his in tent to nominate jack lew for treasury secretary to replace geithner. and secretary hilda solis is resigning, the first latino to run a major u.s. federal agency. >>> and trying to find out what caused a crowded high speed commuter ferry to crash into a dock wednesday in lower manhattan. about 70 people were injured in the accident. it recently got new engines and a new propulsion system but investigators don't know if an overhaul was a factor in the crash....